5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array - CONGRATS!

2005-05-05 Thread Edgar Martinez
. Another solution would be to setup a dedicated NAS of some sort. But I suppose it's too late for all of that. On 4/25/05, Edgar Martinez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No flaming here, when dealing with projects this big, you cannot be bias obviously because generally it is someone else's time

RE: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions - UPDATE

2005-05-05 Thread Edgar Martinez
solution in a situation like this, where you are needing to provide SMB based file sharing to obviously Windows client desktops. Another solution would be to setup a dedicated NAS of some sort. But I suppose it's too late for all of that. On 4/25/05, Edgar Martinez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

RE: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions - UPDATE

2005-04-25 Thread Edgar Martinez
No flaming here, when dealing with projects this big, you cannot be bias obviously because generally it is someone else's time and money that is on the line. Thanks for the info, I didn't know the whole second array thing, that would explain some of the weirdness that I have been seeing.

RE: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions - UPDATE

2005-04-25 Thread Edgar Martinez
sharing to obviously Windows client desktops. Another solution would be to setup a dedicated NAS of some sort. But I suppose it's too late for all of that. On 4/25/05, Edgar Martinez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No flaming here, when dealing with projects this big, you cannot be bias obviously because

RE: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions - UPDATE

2005-04-22 Thread Edgar Martinez
Are you booting to the array? Is it over 2TB? Or are you mounting the array? -Original Message- From: Benson Wong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 1:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Nick Pavlica; Dan Nelson; Nick Evans; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re:

RE: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions - UPDATE

2005-04-22 Thread Edgar Martinez
On 4/15/05, Edgar Martinez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK...so now we are going into some new territory...I am curious if you would care to elaborate a bit more...I am intrigued...if anyone wants me to do some experiments or test something, let me know...I for one welcome any attempts at pushing any

RE: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions

2005-04-15 Thread Edgar Martinez
Yeah it was pretty much boo hoo hoo...it appears we have either backplane, MI cable issues, or controller problems...I was only getting 11 drives available with improper identification...so I am going thru the tedious task of ripping it all down, and testing backplanes, drives, and cables...one at

RE: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions

2005-04-15 Thread Edgar Martinez
Sorry for the delay in response.I had to go to the IRS today.OMFG.what a model of inefficiency. I am having some minor hardware issues with the build that we are going to be working on to get corrected first.but I will def keep everyone informed on what is going on.. _ From: Nick

RE: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions

2005-04-15 Thread Edgar Martinez
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'Nick Pavlica'; 'Benson Wong'; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:13:48 -0500 Edgar Martinez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Benson..GREAT RESPONSE!! I Don't think I could have done any better myself. Although I knew most

RE: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions

2005-04-15 Thread Edgar Martinez
OK...so now we are going into some new territory...I am curious if you would care to elaborate a bit more...I am intrigued...if anyone wants me to do some experiments or test something, let me know...I for one welcome any attempts at pushing any limits or trying new things... -Original

RE: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions

2005-04-15 Thread Edgar Martinez
- From: Dan Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 12:15 PM To: Edgar Martinez Cc: 'Nick Evans'; 'Benson Wong'; 'Nick Pavlica'; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions In the last episode (Apr 15), Edgar Martinez said: OK...so now we

RE: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions

2005-04-15 Thread Edgar Martinez
@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions On 4/15/05, Edgar Martinez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK...so now we are going into some new territory...I am curious if you would care to elaborate a bit more...I am intrigued...if anyone wants me to do some experiments or test something, let

5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions

2005-04-14 Thread Edgar Martinez
All, I have a project in which I have purchased the hardware to build a massive file server (specifically for video). The array from all estimates will come in at close to 5.8TB after overheard and formatting. Questions are: What Version of BSD (5.3, 5.4, 4.X)? What should the stripe size

RE: 5.8TB RAID5 SATA Array Questions

2005-04-14 Thread Edgar Martinez
Benson..GREAT RESPONSE!! I Don't think I could have done any better myself. Although I knew most of the information you provided, it was good to know that my knowledge was not very far off. It's also reassuring that I'm not the only nut job building ludicrous systems.. Nick, I believe that we

RE: AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4 (pre+post install)

2005-04-13 Thread Edgar Martinez
: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 5:23 AM To: Edgar Martinez Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4 (pre+post install) On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 01:10:42AM -0500, Edgar Martinez wrote: All, I cant begin to tell you how horrible

RE: AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4 (pre+post install)

2005-04-13 Thread Edgar Martinez
install) Edgar Martinez wrote: OK, removed all misc cards, devices, recabled...attempting to reinstall with 5.3, and I continue to get a kernel: priviledged instruction fault followed by a reboot...RAM is brand new Patriot 2-2-2-5...mem timings? -Original Message- From: Kris Kennaway

RE: AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4 (pre+post install)

2005-04-13 Thread Edgar Martinez
New error before death Panic: page fault -Original Message- From: Trevor Sullivan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 9:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4 (pre+post install) Edgar Martinez

RE: AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4 (pre+post install)

2005-04-13 Thread Edgar Martinez
, 2005 9:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4 (pre+post install) Edgar Martinez wrote: New error before death Panic: page fault -Original Message- From: Trevor Sullivan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April

RE: AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4 (pre+post install)

2005-04-13 Thread Edgar Martinez
Message- From: Alex Zbyslaw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 9:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4 (pre+post install) Edgar Martinez wrote: OK, removed all misc cards, devices, recabled...attempting

RE: AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4 (pre+post install)

2005-04-13 Thread Edgar Martinez
PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 2:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; questions Subject: Re: AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4 (pre+post install) --- Edgar Martinez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, I cant begin to tell you how horrible of a time I have had

RE: AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4 (pre+post install)

2005-04-13 Thread Edgar Martinez
-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4 (pre+post install) Edgar Martinez wrote: All, I cant begin to tell you how horrible of a time I have had trying to get this system installed and running. Sysinstall kept throwing up a privilege fault

RE: Promise TX2 Rebuild via atacontrol??

2005-04-05 Thread Edgar Martinez
- From: Emanuel Strobl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 4:15 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Promise TX2 Rebuild via atacontrol?? Am Montag, 4. April 2005 23:29 schrieb Edgar Martinez: All, I have a failed member in a RAID1 array

Promise TX2 Rebuild via atacontrol??

2005-04-04 Thread Edgar Martinez
All, I have a failed member in a RAID1 array and using atacontrol can see that the status is degraded. I am curious if I can use atacontrol to rebuild the array if the original array was built using the Promise BIOS utility. If I tell atacontrol to rebuild.will it corrupt my data or catch fire